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  • Telegram Rolls Out New Updates With Drawing Tools, Zero Storage Use, Profile Picture for Contacts; Check Details

    Telegram Rolls Out New Updates With Drawing Tools, Zero Storage Use, Profile Picture for Contacts; Check Details

    San Francisco, Dec 31: Telegram Messenger has launched major updates to its application with features like new drawing and text tools, zero storage use, a profile picture for your contacts, and more.

    Within the “drawing and text tool”, it introduced a new blur tool to redact sensitive data (or photobombers) — and 5 high-precision ways to choose colours, including the Eyedropper tool. It Stinks! Elon Musk Fires Janitors Forcing Twitter Employees To Bring Their Own Toilet Paper.

    When adding text to photos or videos, users can now change its size, font, and background.

    To quickly add shapes like rectangles, circles, arrows, stars, and chat bubbles, tap the “+” button.

    Telegram supports spoiler formatting to hide any text in messages, but now with “hidden media” users can also cover photos and videos with a shimmering layer that blurs the image.

    With “zero storage usage” update, users can add separate auto-remove settings for cached media from Private Chats, Groups, and Channels — with exceptions for specific chats, also new pie charts will help visualise what’s taking up space, and dedicated tabs for Media, Files and Music let you clear the largest items in just a few taps.

    “Profile picture for your contacts” will allow users to choose a picture for their contact, which only they will see on their profile. Telegram Introduces ‘No-SIM Signup’ Feature in India Allowing Users To Communicate Without Sharing Phone Numbers.

    Open a contact’s Profile then Edit, then choose ‘Set Photo fora’ or ‘Suggest Photo fora’, to suggest a profile picture for your contact.

    However, if a user only allows certain users to see their profile photos, then they can set a “public profile picture” for everyone else.

    This update also lets you achieve ultimate profile picture privacy. You can set visibility to ‘Nobody’ and add some users or groups as exceptions, said the company.

    These settings are available in Settings then Privacy and Security, and then Profile Photo.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 31, 2022 06:45 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Truecaller Launches In-App Government Directory Services With Verified Contacts To Help Citizens and Government Connect

    Truecaller Launches In-App Government Directory Services With Verified Contacts To Help Citizens and Government Connect

    New Delhi [India], December 6: Truecaller launches in-app digital government directory to support seamless interaction between citizens of India and the Government by giving easy access to thousands of verified contacts of government officials. This is an important step to build trust in citizen services by protecting users from any scams, fraud, and spam.

    The digital government directory gives access to helplines, law enforcement agencies, embassies, educational institutes, hospitals, and other key departments of about 23 states including union territories to Truecaller app users. This information has been sourced directly from the government, and official government sources. This initiative is aimed at helping and streamlining public access to government representatives and assisting over 240 million Indian Truecaller users in connecting with the government in a hassle-free manner. Truecaller Version 12 With Video Caller ID, Redesigned UI & Call Recording Features Launched for Android.

    Based on interactions with netizens and relevant stakeholders, Truecaller has learnt that one of the most pervasive scams on the phone involves impersonation of government officials. The creation of a verified government contact directory is a continuation of Truecaller’s efforts to build trust in communication and protect our users from frauds and scams. Users will see a green background and a blue tick, indicating that the number is verified. Truecaller is working with different government departments to expand the directory and is looking at adding contacts at the district and municipal levels in the next phase, based on user feedback. Truecaller has also created a simple process for any government agency to share information and get verified on the directory.

    Commenting on the launch of the feature, Pragya Misra, Director of Public Affairs, Truecaller said that, “Truecaller has evolved to become more than just a Caller Identification app and is today bridging the digital divide between the urban and growing semi-urban/rural markets in India by enabling trust in digital communication. Our attempt is to protect people from the widespread impersonation of government officials leading to scams and frauds. We believe that with this feature, citizens can easily reach out to the right authorities when in need. This is a first-of-its-kind digital directory of government numbers and we will keep improving on it based on user feedback. We will continue to align our efforts to make communication safe by building trust.”

    To access the feature and learn more about it, please visit – www.truecaller.com/blog/features/introducing-the-government-services-digital-directory. Truecaller Revamps Its iOS App To Offer Better Protection Against Spam & Scam.

    We enable safe and relevant conversations between people and make it efficient for businesses to connect with consumers. Fraud and unwanted communication are endemic to digital economies, especially in emerging markets. We are on a mission to build trust in communication.

    Truecaller is an essential part of everyday communication for over 330 million active users, with over a billion downloads since launch and close to 38 billion unwanted calls identified and blocked in 2021 alone. Headquartered in Stockholm, since 2009, we are a co-founder-led, entrepreneurial company, with a highly experienced management team. Truecaller has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 8 October 2021. For more information, please visit www.truecaller.com.

    This story has been provided by NewsVoir. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/NewsVoir)

    (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, Morning Tidings Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

  • WhatsApp Update: Meta-Owned App Adding Option To Hide ‘Last Seen’ Status From Specific Contacts

    San Francisco, April 17: After rolling out emoji reactions, Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly adding the option to hide your ‘Last Seen’ status from specific contacts.

    With the latest beta release of its iOS app, WhatsApp has added an option that allows users to limit specific individuals from seeing their “Last Scene” status, according to WABetaInfo.

    If you are not familiar with that part of WhatsApp, it is the feature that indicates when someone last checked the app, and it is a way to find out if a contact may have potentially seen your message even if they have read receipts turned off, reports Engadget. WhatsApp To Allow 32 People in Group Voice Call, Larger File Sharing Up to 2GB.

    For a while now, WhatsApp has allowed you to limit who sees your status to only your contacts. You can also disable the feature altogether, but you have not had the ability to prevent specific individuals from seeing that information. However, WhatsApp iOS beta version 22.9.0.70 adds a new “My Contacts Except” option under the Last Seen section of the app’s privacy settings. WhatsApp Gets NPCI Nod To Extend Payments Service to 100 Million Indian Users.

    According to WABetaInfo, adding an individual to that list also prevents you from seeing their status. The outlet said WhatsApp is also implementing more granular privacy controls for both profile photos and about sections.

    With the feature now in beta testing on both Android and iOS, it likely will not be long until it is officially available on WhatsApp, the report said.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Apr 17, 2022 08:54 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • WhatsApp Reportedly Enabling New Privacy Features To Prevent Unknown Contacts From Checking Your Last Seen & Online Status

    Meta-owned WhatsApp is enabling new privacy measures to prevent unknown users from checking your last seen and online status. This piece of information has been released by WABetaInfo on its official website. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is making it harder for people who you don’t know and have not chatted with from seeing your last seen and online presence on the instant messaging platform. And these privacy measures are effective for all WhatsApp contacts, including business accounts. WhatsApp Rolls Out Payments Background Feature in India, Here’s How To Use It.

    As a reminder, WhatsApp already provides users with an option to hide their last seen. But as per WABetaInfo, there are several third-party apps on Google Play Store or App Store that can log the last seen and online status of select contacts. Several users and hackers use these apps to stalk to know when other people were online. To stop such activities, WhatsApp is enabling new privacy features.

    WhatsApp will not show up the last seen and the online status if you have never chatted with another WhatsApp account and as those third-party apps don’t have an active history with you, they will not be able to see your last seen and online status. WhatsApp has also promised that the privacy features will not change anything between you and your friends, family and businesses who you know or have previously messaged. It is worth noting that if you are not able to see the last seen of some contacts, it is because they have enabled the ‘My Contacts Except’ feature that is available to some users.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 13, 2021 04:32 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • WhatsApp Rolls Out New Privacy Feature To Prevent Unknown Contacts From Seeing ‘Last Seen and Online Status’ of the User

    New Delhi, December 13: Meta-owned WhatsApp has brought in a new privacy update to prevent unknown contacts to see a user’s last seen and online status. This new feature has been reportedly rolled out for both Android and iOS enabled devices.

    As per a report by WABetaInfo, some third party apps from Google Play Store on Android and Apple App Store on iOS can access data from the app to log ‘online’ status time and ‘Last Seen’ time. WhatsApp has now introduced some safeguards to stop such apps from accessing such data. How To Enable Two-Step Authentication on WhatsApp.

    “After this latest improvements to protect users, WhatsApp doesn’t show up the last seen and the online status if you have never chatted with another WhatsApp account. Since those third-party apps don’t have an active chat with you, they cannot see when you are online,” WABetaInfo noted.

    In addition, WhatsApp is also working on a feature that will enable users to restrict certain information including their ‘Last Seen’ and profile picture from specific contacts.

    WhatsApp recently announced that its users will now have the option to turn on disappearing messages by default for all new chats. Meta-owned platform said that it is adding two new durations for disappearing messages: 24 hours and 90 days, as well as the existing option of 7 days.

    “When enabled, all new one-on-one chats you or another person start will be set to disappear at your chosen duration, and we’ve added a new option when creating a group chat that lets you turn it on for groups you create,” WhatsApp said in a statement. This new feature is optional and does not change or delete any of your existing chats, the company added.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 13, 2021 04:27 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • My Verizon App Reportedly Collecting Users’ Location, Browsing History & Contacts

    San Francisco: The My Verizon app is reportedly collecting information about users browsing history, location, apps as well as contacts. According to new website Inputmag, ‘Verizon Custom Experience Programme’ is being pitched to users as a way for the company to personalise communications with the users and to also give more relevant product as well as service recommendations. Hackers Reportedly Slip Malware ‘Silver Sparrow’ Into 30,000 Apple Macs.

    The programme introduces two different options that appear in the app, Custom Experience and Custom Experience Plus. The Custom Experience option is a stripped-down version of Custom Experience Plus, and as Verizon states in the app, it helps Verizon “personalize” its “communication with you”.

    Custom Experience Plus is said to help Verizon provide users with a more “personalized” experience. However, it not only uses information about the websites and apps a user visits on a smartphone but it also uses “device location,” along with “phone numbers to help Verizon “better understand your interests.”

    “We do not share information that identifies you outside of Verizon as part of these programmes other than with service providers who work for us. These service providers are required to use the information only for the purposes Verizon defines and not for their own or others’ marketing or advertising purposes,” Verizon claims on its website.

    To opt-out of the Custom Experience altogether, one just needs to open My Verizon app, and then click the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen. Then scroll down and select “Manage privacy settings” beneath the “Preferences” heading.

    On the next page one would find toggle off “Custom Experience” and “Custom Experience Plus. To erase the information that Verizon has already collected about through the programme, tap “Custom Experience Settings,” and hit “Reset”.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 06, 2021 01:01 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • WhatsApp to Soon Allow Users to Choose Video Quality Before Sending It to Contacts

    WhatsApp to Soon Allow Users to Choose Video Quality Before Sending It to Contacts

    San Francisco, July 3: After announcing an expiring media feature, Facebook-owned WhatsApp might soon allow users to choose what video quality will be uploaded when they send someone a video. The new video upload quality feature was first spotted by WABetaInfo, and while it’s not active yet, their report confirms that it’s in the works. Choosing the video quality before sending is useful as it means that you can pick the right option to either save bandwidth or share the video without heavy compression, XDA Developers reported. WhatsApp Multi-Device Support & Disappearing Mode To Be Introduced Soon.

    You can choose the “data saver” mode to send videos so that they’re compressed and don’t use too much data. WhatsApp has already had a data saver option for calls for years, so it’s a bit weird it has taken this long to get an actual option that the user can choose just for videos, the report said. Recently, the company said that it is rolling out a new “View Once” mode for Android beta testers that wipes photos and videos as soon as you view and dismiss them. WhatsApp Reiterates Its Stand On New Privacy Policy Till India Gets Personal Data Protection Law.

    The company’s top executives Mark Zuckerberg and Will Cathcart confirmed to WABetaInfo that this feature was coming on WhatsApp very soon. When you send photos and videos using view once, they can only be viewed once and you’re notified when the recipient has opened them.

    If you disable read receipts, the recipient will still see if you have opened the photo or video set to view once, but you cannot see when the recipient opens yours.  In groups, you can see when other participants open expiring photos even if you have disabled read receipts.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jul 03, 2021 10:38 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook Reportedly Contacts US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Warns of Antitrust Legislation Pitfalls

    Apple CEO Tim Cook Reportedly Contacts US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Warns of Antitrust Legislation Pitfalls

    San Francisco: Apple CEO Tim Cook has contacted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers in an effort to sway opinion against the ratification of a set of sweeping antitrust bills that aim to rein in Big Tech, the media reported. Citing sources, The New York Times reported that Apple’s chief executive phoned Pelosi and other members of Congress to warn them of potential pitfalls concerning a set of five proposals announced earlier this month. Around 74 Percent of Apple Users Want Another Name for the Upcoming iPhone 13: Report.

    According to the report, Cook cautioned that the bills were rushed, would stifle innovation, and would hurt consumers by wreaking havoc on Apple services. He also requested that the Judiciary Committee delay its process of consideration, a funnel through which the legislation must pass before reaching the full House, AppleInsider reported.

    With approval in the House, the bills would need to withstand Senate scrutiny before reaching the desk of the President. Pelosi pushed back on Cook’s ask, the report said, pressing him to name specific policy objections on the proposed material. Cook is not the only tech figure to voice opposition to the batch of antitrust laws.

    Google’s senior vice president for global affairs Kent Walker has also made calls to lawmakers, while lobbyists and representatives for Amazon and Facebook have issued statements critical of the proposed measures. This week, a group of think tanks and nonprofits, many of which receive backing from Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, issued a condemnatory letter to the Judiciary Committee. In it, the groups decry policies they say would result in lasting repercussions for the tech industry, the report said.

    “We believe that voters want Congress to fix things that are broken — not break or ban things that they feel are working well,” the letter reads. “We strongly encourage you to reject these proposals,” it added.

    The package of bipartisan bills aims to redefine how Big Tech operates and could mean a potential breakup of sector leaders. Issues targeted in the legislation include conflicts of interest, acquisitions, and outsized power enjoyed by top companies like Apple. One bill, for example, would prohibit Apple from selling devices with first-party apps preinstalled. Another provides more funding for enforcement agencies like the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, the latter of which recently named prominent antitrust scholar Lina Khan as its chair.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 23, 2021 04:25 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Average 4.5 contacts per patient in the last week

    Average 4.5 contacts per patient in the last week

    With the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state, the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) recommends that for every patient, 20 contacts are required to be detected in districts where positivity rates above 1% is.

    However, according to data provided by the Karnataka State COVID-19 War Room, not a single contact has been identified in 45.3% of the cases recorded in the previous week. The data also shows that in the last one week, on average, 4.5 contacts have been detected for every patient. For a total of 5,868 patients who tested positive between March 8 and March 14, 12,298 primary contacts and 13,995 secondary contacts were detected.

    According to the data, the best contact tracing has been done in Gadag, where for every patient, 50.9% of the contacts have been detected in the previous week. Kodagu and Chamarajanagar are second and third with 29.1% and 24.9%. Data in four districts – Haveri, Koppal, Raichur and Vijayapur show that not a single contact of a patient has been detected.

    However, in many of these instances, the local administration detected and isolated the contacts and also sent their samples for testing but they may not have updated it on the app. Munish Moudgil, who is in charge of the State War Room, said that the data contact tracing was as per the entry made on the app, adding that the details should be entered on the app as manual claims cannot be accepted.

    Member of TAC, Giridhar R. Babu said that health workers were busy in testing and vaccinations. “In addition, all other health services have resumed. It would not be unreasonable to expect them to contact you at this stage. It is advised that people from other wings of the BBMP be involved in contact tracing. This can be done at the level of urban primary health center and decentralized works in coordination with other departments, ”he said. He said that individuals from other departments need to be mobilized when required by the BBMP.

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  • 9 contacts of school students test positive for COVID-19 in Thanjavur district

    9 contacts of school students test positive for COVID-19 in Thanjavur district

    Officials said a lab assistant at a government school in Pattukkottai also tested positive

    Nine more individuals identified as first- and second-level contacts of 55 female students of government-aided Girls Higher Secondary School, Ammapettai – who had previously tested COVI-19 positive – have now tested positive for infection.

    After the transition between students was identified, a total of 1,083 students and second-level exposure were subjected to COVID-19 tests at 23 locations in and around Ammapettai. The collector said that all the precautionary steps have been taken to prevent the spread of infection.

    Meanwhile, a laboratory assistant at Government Higher Secondary School, Alathur in Pattukkottai taluk, tested positive for novel coronovirus infection.

    Collector M. According to Govinda Rao, a holiday has been declared for the school since Tuesday and all students, teaching and non-teaching staff have been screened and swabed for the test.

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